Word: latinas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only Latina in my department," said Gomez, a tutor at Mather House and a former teaching fellow...
Hilda Hernandez-Gravelle, assistant dean for race relations and minority affairs, recalled the congratulations she got from another Latina woman after receiving an award: "I can still hope for that [joining an institution like Harvard; for my daughter...
Hernandez-Gravelle said she had spent four years as the only Latina administrator in Harvard's history. "Women of color are overwhelmed," she said. "We need to change the numbers." But she added that men and whites should be important voices for diversity as well...
Would it be appropriate to invite a Latina if she were virulently anti-Semitic? Is it acceptable to invite a man who uses a wheelchair even though he is a self-proclaimed racist? Asserting that Powell's achievements outweigh his bigotry is exactly the type of divisive behavior Kelly condemns in his letter: "it is counter-productive if victims of discrimination lash out at other victims...
...Relating that to literature, what do you think of the new crop of Latina writers like Sandra Cisneros and Cristina Garcia...